College Writing Skills with Readings 8th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 8

Use emphatic order (order of importance) to arrange the following scrambled lists of supporting ideas. For each thesis, write 1 in the blank beside the point that is perhaps less important or interesting than the other two, 2 beside the point that appears more important or interesting, and 3 beside the point that should be most emphasized.
Thesis: Our soccer team was awarded three special honors for winning the state championship.
______ Three of our team members won college athletic scholarships
______ Our victory was written up in major newspapers.
______ Each team member received a gold medal.